Sitting Bull: Battle of the Little Bighorn - Native American History - Part 3 - Extra History

🔥 In the tumultuous aftermath of President Grant's ultimatum in 1876, the Great Sioux War ignites as tensions between the US government and Plains Indians reach a breaking point. Grant's deadline threatens to treat any non-reservation Indians as enemy combatants, spurred by the discovery of gold in the sacred Black Hills, triggering a struggle for sovereignty and survival. Led by figures like Sitting Bull, who vehemently opposed reservation life, the Plains tribes unite in defiance, culminating in the legendary Battle of the Little Bighorn. Amidst the chaos, Sitting Bull's spiritual leadership and vision guide his people through the conflict, ultimately reshaping the course of history in the face of overwhelming adversity.

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[njvikesfan]

AND HERE COMES SITTING BULL WIRH THE STEEL CHAIR!

BY GOD, THAT MAN HAD A FAMILY!

[lifeiszaney]

As a Native American who came from the Sioux, I appreciate all of these videos about our past, especially Sitting Bull and his ever-lasting defense of what we called home. Extra History, I thank you.

[stevenchoza]

Supposedly, Custer and his company were not just outnumbered but outgunned as well. They, allegedly, had single shot trapdoor rifles while the tribes had both lever-action repeating rifles and bows and arrows.

[Stewart]

I am a Cree from Ontario Canada, just wanted to say Wah-Chay (Hello) and that this channel rocks my socks. No word for good-bye in Cree so we say esh-kow-kah-mein (until next time).

[dastemplar]

Legend has it when Sioux women came to loot the US dead at Little Bighorn, they found Custer’s body and shoved pins into his ears so that he would “listen better in the afterlife”.

[GetSmartish]

This gives the idiom: "sending in the cavalry" a whole new meaning.

[lizardguy]

I love Johnny Cash’s song “Custer” about the battle of Little Bighorn

Now Custer split his men
Well, he won't do that again
Cause the General he don't ride well anymore
Twelve thousand warriors waited
They were unanticipated
And the General he don't ride well anymore

[also_arles]

Once again, you guys never fail to deliver with another amazing installment in this series! ❤️

[adeptusvoxradio]

At 27 seconds from release, the video had 27 likes. Neat.

[FakeBlocks]

Please do the Greek war of independence of 1821 against the ottoman empire next
I've been asking for this since the first episodes of the sengoku Jidai!

[briannamcdaniel]

I'm learning things that I was never taught in school. Thank you and keep up the incredible work! ❤😊

[charleslarrivee]

"It is an overwhelming victory, like nothing any Indian tribe has achieved in the history of the United States."
The Northwest Indian Confederation which routed St. Clair's army at the Wabash in 1791 with even higher losses: "Are we a joke to you?"
It's also worth noting that Custer didn't "foolishly" divide his command into scattered detachments; it was a calculated pincer movement, with Custer commanding one pincer and Major Marcus Reno the other. And Sioux survivors said it would have worked, if Reno had persisted in a charge to the end; but Reno lost his nerve, halted the charge and had his men form a stationary firing line, which gave the Sioux time to counterattack and rout Reno's detachment. Only the intervention of Captain Frederick Benteen bringing up the reserves and the spare ammunition, and several junior officers and civilian scouts taking control from the out-of-his-depth, drunk and traumatized Reno, saved the day for them. Which then meant that Custer's command was attacking unsupported, resulting in it being driven back and then overrun.

[SayedI]

If the Battle of Little Bighorn had been this epic, I can only imagine how the Battle of Big-Bighorn would have been

[GraceAnne]

I have two Extra History videos open, each on a different device rn, this channel is keeping me fed

[MoonbreonDad]

Love this Sitting Bull series. Have been waiting for years!

[jayfrank]

You show the US 7th Cavalry Regiment with what appear to be Henry or Winchester repeating rifles. They were armed with single-shot Springfield Trapdoor carbines in .45-70-405, I believe. It was the Sioux who had some access to lever-action repeating rifles, which gave them partial advantage in the battles described (the Springfield fired a more powerful round, while the lever-action rifles fired pistol-caliber rounds, but much faster).

[Deranged_ottoman]

A series on the algerian resistance would be nice!

[draexian]

A leader who would not sow. A testament to resiliency in the face of impossible odds.

[nalinsaini]

I’ve been a huge fan of Extra History (and Extra Credits and Extra Mythology and Extra Sci-Fi and So You Haven’t Read) since 2017!

Great work, guys!!!

[royalbandit]

I think AOE 3 is the only game, that I know of, that actually covers this fight. Pretty well too 👍 not as much context as I'd like, but would still recommend that game.